Although this suggests that the names were in the first case taken from the Arunta a comparison of them shows that it is not among this tribe that the greatest number of forms common to the whole group and the greatest general resemblance of the names is to be found, as is shown by the comparative tables below.  Judged by the standard of resemblance the Oolawunga of the north-west, on the Victoria River, have preserved the names nearest their original forms.  Judged by the standard of least deviation from the common stock of names and basing the comparison, not on resemblances but on differences, the Koorangie of the upper waters of the same river take the first place, with the Oolawunga not far behind.  In each case the Inchalachee, the most easterly of the group, take the last place, followed in the table of resemblances by the Walpari and the Worgaia; and in the table of differences by the Worgaia and, though at a considerable distance, the Mayoo and the Walpari.

Figure of Resemblance[113].

Oolawunga 55
Bingongina 54
Umbaia 51
Koorangie 50
Yookala, Binbinga 48
Gnanji 47
Meening 43
Warramunga, Yungmunni 41
Arunta, Mayoo 40
Kaitish, Yungarella, Tjingilli 39
Worgaia 37
Walpari 31
Inchalachee 28

Figure of Difference[114].

Koorangie 31
Oolawunga 33
Umbaia 35
Bingongina 37
Yungmunni 42
Gnanji, Tjingilli 44
Warramunga 45
Arunta 46
Binbinga 49
Yookala 50
Meening 52
Kaitish 54
Yungarella, Walpari 56
Mayoo 57
Worgaia 69
Inchalachee 84

Attention has already been drawn to the resemblance between the Arunta four-class names and the names of the eight-class group.  It is clearly of high importance to determine whether the resemblance is on the whole between the names of the western group and the eight-class names, or whether the latter can more readily be derived from those of the Arunta.  In the latter case it is obvious that the position of the Oolawunga and Koorangie in the comparative tables is due, not to their having been the tribes from which all the others derived their names, but rather to movements of population subsequent to the adoption of the class names.  If on the other hand it appears that the names came in the first instance from the more western portion of the Koomara group, we have some grounds for supposing that the names and the system reached the eight-class area from the west and not from the south.